Washington Wizards
Ian Mahinmi’s bad-at-the-time-somehow-worse-now contract is the latest in a long line of questionable decisions Washington’s brain trust devised over the years. Combined with starting center, Marcin Gortat, the Wizards expend $28 million per year for the pair. That large of an allotment for two guys who can’t play at the same time is an abysmal use of resources. To build sustainable success, one of them has to go.
Gortat has greater value both as the superior player and possessing a more palatable contract. But it’s so hard to say goodbye to the Polish Hammer.
Washington should call another team who also made a lot of bad choices in the 2016 free agent summer of love.
Washington gets better roster balance, as well as a backup center who gets paid like a backup center. Portland get’s about $3 million trimmed off their books in the swap of anchor contracts.
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They both get to reminisce about a magical age when everyone thought the cap was climbing to the stars and overpaying marginal rotation players didn’t mean anything. Ah, 2016 was such a simpler time.